The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-05-04
Fashion Notes.

Polonaiscs are seen on many OF the new
dresses.
The polonaise promises to be very pop
! ulal for summer suits.
Salmon pink and gray-blue are favorite
colors in spring bonnets.
Childrcn's stockings are in dark shades,
clocked with brilliant colors.
Soft faille franchise is still the best
choice for plain black dresses.
Cover coats of the regular masculine cut
are worn by women as wraps.
The fashioned heavy gros grain silks
arc coming into great favor again.
Cashmere, repped silks and moires are
the fabrics most used for dressy toilets.
Old gold is entirely passc as color, but
old pink is the popular shade IN rose
color.
Ivory white satin and faille franchise
are equally fashionable for wedding
dresses.
Great pendants of diamonds in the
form of heart, very costly and ugly, are
in fashion.
The popular combination dresses prom
! ise to be those of cashmere draped over
silk skirts.
Large leghorn flats are. stylish for little
girls simply trimmed with rosettes OF
baby ribbon.
New shoulder capcs are made OF
passementerie and are either with or with
out beads or jets.
Cut steel ornaments of different de-
, signs are still the most stylish decoration
for walking hats.
A set of buttons set with real garnets
were very pretty on tea gown OF light
blue China Grape.
Black gloves are again worn with full
dress: the dark tulles first bringing
them into favor again.
Large full fanlike bows aroused for
trimming hats instead of ribbon and are
considered very stylish.
Long eauze wells in bright tinted tulle
arc wound around the hat or bonnet and
tied in front with a bow.
Some of the fancy open work bonnets
have lining of bright colored silk the
effect being odd and gay.
Ribbon ties are seen still on many
stvlish shapes. although there arc jaunty
bonnets which have no strings.
Pretty bastiste gowns in color are
trimmed with velvet which is ripped off
each time the dress is laundered.
Orange color is seen in millinery for
the coming season, particularly when
when black is the foundation color.
Some new sleeves are pointed at the
top, the point extending nearly to the
collar between the fronts and backs of
the shoulders.
Basoues of cashmere or fine woolen
have their edges corded with the same
material. Silk basques may be plainly
faced or else corded with silk or with
velvet.
Mask wells with scollopped borders in
tulle of every color, and also in more sub
stantial gauze or grenadine dotted with
chenille. and the edge marked by rows of
dots quite close together, are fashiona-
bic.
Young ladies wear turbans, with black
lace crown, Jet brim close around the
head, and knot in front made up OF
black cocks plumes and black moire rib
bons tied together with pale green, blue
or old rose ribbon.
Curiously designed hair and hat pins
are still in fashion. New ideas are balls,
carved in two, Janus like, and full moon
like faces, with contrasting expressions.
and small amber pins beaded with chased
drops, twists and balls.
The newest bonncts are in cap shapes.
with longer crowns than any lately worn;
and these begin to show tendency to-
ward lowering the trimming, making
them still high, yet not in the exagger-
ated heights of the past season.
White undrcsscd kid mousquetaire
gloves arc now worn both by the bride
and her maids; the latter still, in some
cases, cling to the tan colored gants de
suede, as these latter cling to the hands,
but they are worn in much lighter colors
than formerly.
The coat-slccvc, with puff and wrist
band, is an established fact. The puff is
set on the upper half of the sleeve, on
the lining, which is of coat-sleeve shape.
The outer fabric is cut in points or
turned back in rcvers, the puff being
shirrcd underneath.